| 2. Morphological Analysis vayyisa'u {וַיִּסְע֣וּ | way·yis·‘û}: and they set out (verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine plural) • merefidim {מֵרְפִידִ֗ים | me·rə·pî·ḏîm}: from Rephidim (preposition min prefixed to a proper noun • masculine plural form used as singular) • vay yavo'u {וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | way·yā·ḇō·ʾû}: and they came (verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine plural) • midbar {מִדְבַּ֣ר | miḏ·bar}: wilderness (noun • masculine singular construct) • sinai {סִינַ֔י | sî·nay}: Sinai (proper noun • place name) • vay yachanu {וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | way·ya·ḥă·nû}: and they camped (verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine plural) • bamidbar {בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bam·miḏ·bār}: in the wilderness (preposition with definite article • masculine singular absolute) • vay yichansham {וַיִּֽחַן־שָׁ֥ם | way·yi·ḥan šām}: and he camped there (verb • Qal imperfect with vav consecutive • third person masculine singular • linked by maqqef to adverb) • yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiś·rā·ʾēl}: Israel (proper noun • national collective) • neged {נֶ֥גֶד | ne·geḏ}: in front of (preposition) • har {הָהָֽר | hā·hār}: the mountain (noun • masculine singular absolute with definite article) |